iran gop letter

Amid all the consternation over the letter that 47 Republican Senators wrote to the leaders of Iran in order to scuttle a nuclear arms deal, there was heavy speculation about a possible violation of something called the Logan Act. While the White House was happy to stand by and ...read more

Following a week dominated by deadly headlines for Senate Republicans over their "Dear Mullahs" letter, the White House delivered a flying elbow to the so-called "47 traitors" over the weekend by sending them a letter of their own. On Saturday night, White House Chief of Staff ...read more

Before this week, the Logan Act was something you would disgustedly tell Hugh Jackman to drop, but as of Monday morning, it is the hot arcane law du jour. As a douchier writer might put it, the Logan Act is having a moment due to the 47 Republican senators who decided to send ...read more

The open letter that 47 Republican senators wrote to the leaders of Iran was the hot topic at the White House on Monday, drawing strong words of condemnation from Press Secretary Josh Earnest at the daily briefing, and shortly thereafter, a stinging assessment from President ...read more

Just when you thought congressional Republicans couldn't look any more like a troupe of treacherous clowns hellbent on circus-ifying anything President Obama tries to do, they pull another bag of tricks from the trunk of their tiny car. On Monday, 47 Republican senators signed ...read more